Financial threat, hardship and distress predict depression, anxiety and stress among the unemployed youths: A Bangladeshi multi-city study

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Prevalence and Predictors of Anxiety, Depression, and Insomnia among Healthcare Workers in Dhaka City amid COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Results from our study also indicate that nancial di culties caused by the COVID 19 pandemic played a crucial role when predicting all three mental health problems of HCW we have measured. The mental health impact of nancial issues among HCW during this pandemic time is yet to be evaluated elaborately, however, the previous study showed a highly signi cant association between nancial hardship and mental health among Bangladeshi professionals [22]. Further evaluation is warranted to nd in-depth predicting nature of the nancial issues raised due to the COVID-19 pandemic to the mental health of sufferers.…”

“…The total score ranges from 0 to 27. The total score suggests different levels of depressive symptoms: minimal/no depression (0-4), mild (5-9), moderate (10)(11)(12)(13)(14), severe (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21), and very severe (22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27). However, in this study, cut-off point ≥ 10 was used to classify participants as having depressive symptoms [14,15].…”

The first COVID-19 infanticide-suicide case: Financial crisis and fear of COVID-19 infection are the causative factors

“…There are growing pieces of evidence that indicate role of financial crisis and its economic fallout on mental instability ( Oyesanya et al, 2015 ; Rafi et al, 2019 ). People with sudden poverty and economic distress may face life-threatening situation ( Mamun et al, 2020e ). This is true even in high-income countries of Europe and North America; Oyesanya et al, 2015 ).…”

Prevalence and risk factors of COVID-19 suicidal behavior in Bangladeshi population: are healthcare professionals at greater risk?

“…Moreover, without proper safety measures, the HCPs are also in dilemma whether to continue the job or not owing to personal and family protection. In some cases, their such decision made them fall into the state of partial unemployment which may aggravate mental sufferings during the crisis period ( Dhaka Tribune, 2020c ; Mamun et al., 2020b ; Rafi et al., 2019 ).…”